World Online Reviews

All I wanted from an ISP was simple. A competitive price, a good connection rate and a half-decent service. When I signed up with WorldOnLine, the price was excellent, connection rate and speed was OK and the customer service reasonable. However, when Tiscali bought WorldOnLine, everything changed. The price started to creep up, ...  Read the complete review

For those of you who want to get to the meat of the review, here's a quick summary. Tiscali/WorldOnline/Screaming.net is THE most appalling ISP ever created, and I've used AOL, so that's something. Let's have a look at why this is the case, by going through my experience with the Great Net 'n' Web ...  Read the complete review

I always planned to come back and update this as promised. When I came to look how prominent it was in it's category, I was rather surprised to find it as the "top opinion". This gave me an extra incentive to include the latest developments, which are detailed below. Bear in mind that this was originally written around ...  Read the complete review

I have never seen a company change policy and services so much! I joined World-Online long before they were taken over by Tiscali and originally took up the unmetered option with the transfer of my telephone services to them, only to be told that this was being withdrawn and would be replaced with the 100 hours per month 'Freedom' ...  Read the complete review

I joined up with World Online last year, after seeing an advert in a national newspaper saying 'unlimited unmetered access for 14.99 per month', the only catch seemed to be that my phone line had to be switched to the World Online system, and even this was a simple matter of a straight switch between BT and WoL. Too good to be true? read ...  Read the complete review

I first joined world online when it was originally called Localtel and the ISP was screaming.net. It was shortly bought out by Worldonline which was promptley bought out by Tiscali. Since its start it has gone from reasonable to extremely awfull. When I first joined you had to move your phone line to access the system and since then they are ...  Read the complete review

Around a year ago, I heard about the offer World Online were doing - a 24/7 internet service. I thought, "great" - that's what I need, as an internet junkie. One of the conditions of taking up this unlimited service was to cancel my telephone contract with BT and also take up a phone service with WorldOnline. I didn't receive ...  Read the complete review

As you probably know World Online have transferred their telephone service to Tiscali recently, however the pricing remained the same. Recently the telephone service is extremly bad. It takes along time to connect, and when you do connect, you get disconnected within several minutes, and it is not my ISP. I have also tried it with AOL, and I also ...  Read the complete review

Worldonline has changed its name again recently - it has been taken over by Tiscali. Unfortunately, this was bad news for the consumer. Some internet customers saw their costs DOUBLE. I joined Worldonline 8 months ago, when it was offering unlimited free off-peak internet access if you became a telephone customer. Their line rental (with ...  Read the complete review

When I first joined World Online it was actually called screaming.net and I joined just because if you changed to a cheaper telco you could have free off-peak internet calls. That was a long time ago. Since then it has become world online (and now Tiscali I belive). When as soon as the possibility for unmetered all-day access arrived I took up the ...  Read the complete review

One year ago I was screaming with joy when I joined screaming. net, who wouldn’t if you got unlimited totally free Internet access (of peak) for the price of £ 9.99 phone rental only. For 6 months I enjoyed the sheer luxury and then suddenly my world changed as the company was taken over by World online. The Internet package was changed and ...  Read the complete review

When my account with Libertysurf was due to come to an end I was keen to get on board with another ISP pronto. The choice wasn’t easy though, there are so many out there now. Originally I was going to go with BT for their off peak £5.99 a month thing but it then emerged that it wasn’t quite as simple as it had originally seemed so I ...  Read the complete review

Those of you who are familiar with my opinions may have noticed that I frequently change ISPs. In the last two years, I believe I have used most of the major UK ISPs. Certainly I have used more than I have written about, even though I have opinions on 5 ISPs at the moment. Hopefully, though I will not be writing about any more for the ...  Read the complete review

Worldonline.co.uk has many different packages and can suit all needs. Whether you are a heavy all day surfer or the occasional once in a month surfer. You could opt for their pay as you go service; this has no monthly charges. Or if are a more frequent user why not chooses their ‘Tiscali 50’. This has a monthly subscription charge of ...  Read the complete review

I had written an opinion praising World Online which have now become Tiscali. I have written a new review on Tiscali and i have had to take my good opinion off of World Online, as i do not want anyone to be misinformed as they are now a very poor service. Since i started the service with them they have charged to credit cards in large ...  Read the complete review

WOL despite it's many admin problems is an ISP that has the potential to be great. They now offering internet only packages, no longer any need to transfer your phone line, you can now have a great internet service without having to suffer constant problems with their unreliable billing system. The ISP is reliable and fast, voted top ...  Read the complete review

Since being taken over by Tiscali they have fallen apart. The prices keep rising, lines drop out at random, the newsserver is so bad I use a free server in Germany. KEEP OFF! They're doomed I tell you Doomed! Original comments below. Newsgroup problem continues BUT otherwise I 'get on' everytime first time and it's ...  Read the complete review

Dear Reader, You may have already seen some of the comments, reviews and ratings that people have given to you about World Online's internet service plans prior to this one. I am actually quite shocked to hear that nearly everyone has givin their services such a bad look! They are cheap reliable, easy to use and easy to follow, so I just ...  Read the complete review

I joined Screaming Net soon after they offered free Internet access evenings and weekends if you changed your phone line to Localtel. This was a fairly easy procedure and although the connection with Screaming was slow to start with it gradually improved. Initially I found that contacting Localtel was a bit hit and miss but I lived with ...  Read the complete review

A few years ago there was no such service that offered free* internet access. *By free I mean no charge on your phone bill Anyway, a about 2 years ago some companies emerged claiming that they offered free internet access.. wow! I used the internet a lot and I spent a lot of money on it so this was really good news. ...  Read the complete review